The fascinating reaction in this video is what is known as tin pest, a chemical reaction found in very pure tin at low temperatures.
The reaction once spoiled countless cans of food when they were stored in temperatures below 56 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s not a problem today as tin cans are actually made [...more]
Some trippy Brits made one of the coolest clocks I have ever seen.
Instead of a pair of boring hands and a second hand, the clock has just one ball. As the day progresses, the ball stays rolls along as the face of the spiral-shaped clock turns. After 12 hours, the ball [...more]
I’ve been a late adopter to augmented reality hype, wondering why it is that everyone’s getting so excited about technology allowing Best Buy to better sell us Blu-Ray players. But, I have to admit, the editors of T-Post magazine got my attention with this video:
For those who prefer reading to watching, T-Post is a magazine [...more]
Alright, there are a lot of augmented reality things that really don’t seem to do much and a whole lot of hype. But I must say, augmented reality tattoos are really cool and raise a lot of interesting possibilities.
As is apparent in the video, the computer reads the tattoo and displays it [...more]
This awesome table is the brain child of German industrial designer Ingo Maurer, and puts a little space fashion in your dining room.
A total of 834 of white LED bulbs are suspended inside the glass of the table, but the coolest part is that the wiring connecting it all together is invisible. So [...more]
The entire Intel space at the Consumer Electronics Show was focused on the new i7 processor line, but the cream of the crop was the interactive wall.
The wall, as the rep says, pulls feeds from Google News, Flickr and and puts them into a really trippy rolling box wave interface. Like the [...more]
So what are you looking at? Just salt, a speaker and a cookie sheet, but the outcome is fascinating. The phenomenon is called a Chladni Pattern, and seeing how sound waves affect matter is one great example of how interesting all the waves surrounding us are.
Below is another video featuring the sweet salt [...more]